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Teaser Exhibition 2023
Annual exhibition of the Gotha Research Library About the exhibition
Thumbnail image film of the Gotha Research Library
Image film of the Gotha Research Library See the film
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"KarAfAs - Cartographies of Africa and Asia" About the project

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[Translate to English:] Luther als Mönch
Research on the Reformation in Gotha Study Center for Protestantism
Teaser Gotha.digital
GOTHA.digital Research, Presentation and Knowledge Portal of Friedenstein Gotha
Teaser The Gotha Numismatic Collection
"Coined history" The Gotha Numismatic Collection

Latest news

Opening hours during the lecture-free period

During the lecture-free period (from 8 July to 11 October 2024), some service facilities at the University of Erfurt will have different opening hours. We ask for your attention.

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"Karstwärts": reading and talk with Jan Röhnert

"Karstwärts" is the title of a new collection of stories by Jan Röhnert. The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt cordially invites all interested parties to a reading and subsequent discussion on Wednesday, 17 July. The event starts at…

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Gotha Library Scholarship for Emma Braslavsky

This year, author Emma Braslavsky has been awarded the Gotha Library Scholarship to research her next book "Gummi" (rubber). It is awarded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia, the Friends of the Gotha Research Library, the Gotha…

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New blog post of the Gotha Research Library: On the benefits of School Holidays and Self-study. Reform Attempts at the Gotha Gymnasium under the Rector Johann Gottfried Geissler (1768-1779)

To what extent are school holidays beneficial? Is a school more attractive on the "education market" if the students there have more or fewer days off? These seemingly very modern questions were already being debated in the ducal seat of Gotha at the…

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Events

02
Jul
Thinking across Disciplines. Aufruhrand the German Peasants' War 1524–6
06
Jul
End of lecture period Summer semester 2024
17
Jul
Reading: "Karstwärts"
Gotha Research Library, Spiegelsaal (CG1 / Friedenstein Castle Gotha)
31
Jul
Bücher – Wissen – Wandel
Gotha Research Library, Spiegelsaal (CG1 / Friedenstein Castle Gotha)
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